Seattle PARK(ing) Day is Friday

The city will be transformed into creative parklets tomorrow: Seattle PARK(ing) Day is on Friday, September 18 between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. PARK(ing) Day is a “opportunity for Seattleites to temporarily turn on-street parking spaces into public places,” according to the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Photo of a previous year’s PARK(ing) Day, courtesy SDOT

There will be several Ballard parklets on Friday, with art, games, gardening and more:

Ballard NW 65th & 6th NW. In Ballard, Chris Saleeba often bikes with his four-year-old daughter to the Ballard Farmer’s Market. Chris teamed up with his co-workers at Alta Design & Planning to design a protected intersection for people who walk and ride bikes across NW 65th St at 6th Ave NW. Saleeba, along with his friends and neighbors from Ballard Greenways, will build and staff the intersection from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday for PARK(ing) Day and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday during the Ballard Summer Parkways and Sustainable Ballard Festival.

PARK(ing) Day is a worldwide event that happens every year, “where artists, designers, and ordinary people improve streets and transform on-street parking spaces into temporary parks for a day,” writes the city. There will be temporary parks all over the city; click here for a map.